Brian K. Taylor brings 'Passage' series of paintings to center

Although Brian K. Taylor's paintings may first appear quick in execution, they actually are works of a process that developed over an extended period.

The challenge Taylor conquered in "A Look at the Land of Time: Paintings by Brian K. Taylor," opening Sunday in the Heritage Room of the Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, was keeping the images looking spontaneous and fresh while attempting to organize the chaos of creativity, he said.

An associate professor of art at Shorter College in Rome, Ga., Taylor's paintings in this exhibit are abstract landscapes presented in mixed media of pure pigment, acrylic polymer and marble dust on paper.

Implementing a classical technique of making his own paints, Taylor paints through scumbling and glazing layers of color. Scumbling is a technique in which a this coat of opaque color is applied to soften the outlines or colors of a painting.

In an artist statement provided to the center, Taylor said this series of paintings, each titled "Passage" followed by a number in parenthesis, is about the complex texture of time in nature in the essence of a surface covered with colors constantly changing.

Geometric shapes in the works are attempts to present these passages of time simultaneously.

"What counts for me is the immense pleasure within the compelling elements of nature, the radiance within the quality of the color and the urgency of what it is in the interaction between the landscape and time that can never be quite explained or accounted for," he said.

With bachelor's and master's degrees in multimedia and studio art, Taylor has always had a job having something to do with art. He has taken part in many exhibitions across America and in a few shows overseas, including stops in Bolivia, France and Japan.

A free opening reception for "A Look at the Land of Time: Paintings by Brian K. Taylor" is from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday. The exhibit shows to Dec. 23.

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